nValuable to know something of this period,
due to big changes between the OT and NT
periods.
nOT ends ~400 BC, NT begins ~4 BC.
nGovernment is Persia at end of OT, Roman
at beginning of NT.
nLanguages in OT period are Hebrew, Aramaic;
NT period adds Greek, Latin.
nOT culture Semitic, NT culture Hellenistic.
nGeographic center: OT is Fertile Crescent, NT is Mediterranean